How to spot Fake Forecasts, Bad Analysts and False Futurists - secret of more accurate forecasting and of all great Futurist speakers. Shocking truth about easily avoidable Futurist errors

Dr Patrick Dixon MBE: Futurist Keynote Speaker - Futurist Keynote Speakers CALL +44 7768511390

It is often said that no one can predict the future, but the truth is that forecasting is far easier than you may think, because many things change more slowly than media hype suggests.  I know this from advising hundreds of the world's largest corporations on the impact of key industry megatrends, for more than 20 years, and from writing many books about the future since 1987.  I’m not talking about share prices, commodity prices or currency rates.  Anything to do with markets is as difficult to predict two months ahead as the British weather. Every now and again in history there is a genuine step-change, for example the collapse of communism, or a global war, or the creation of the web, but such things are rare.  That’s why most board room debates about the future are not usually about direction of a trend, which tends to be fairly obvious, but about timing or speed of that trend. Judge me on my own record - content on this website goes back to 1996.

Here's what I wrote a while back for Wired Magazine (adapted)...

It is often said that no one can predict the future, but the truth is that forecasting is far easier than you may think, because many things change far more slowly than media hype suggests.  I know this from advising corporations on the impact of key megatrends, over the last 20 years, and from writing many books about the future since 1987.

Read more: How to spot Fake Forecasts, Bad Analysts and False Futurists - secret of more accurate forecasting and of all great Futurist speakers. Shocking truth about easily avoidable Futurist errors

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As you will see from hundreds of videos on the site, every keynote is customised, to create a sharply relevant, provocative, engaging, highly interactive, visually rich and entertaining audience experience - which fits precisely into your programme.  Patrick Dixon also chairs events, leads panels, runs Innovation Workshops, leads board-level strategy reviews and so on.  We think you will find more about him online than about any other keynote speaker you have ever worked with - on this huge website alone.

Planning world-class corporate events can be really challenging. The more successful your last event was, the higher expectations will be next next time around. Patrick Dixon has spoken at over 1000 different events, forums and conferences in over 50 nations, and has worked with more than 400 of the world's largest multinationals, so he knows what works really well in different settings and cultures, and it's great to talk these things through at the planning stage.  

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The truth about North Korea, President Trump, the real risk of war, and why options for the Pentagon and rest of world are so limited. What is likely to happen next.

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Despite all the hot words from President Trump and some of the absurd commentary in the media, here is the truth about North Korea’s rapid military direction and about the complete impotence of the rest of the world.  And all taking place at a time when there are more geopolitical risks globally than for 30 years.

The fact is, that as we see every day in the failed state of Zimbabwe, or Afghanistan or more recently in the chaos of Venezuela, or in Syria or Iraq, the most powerful military forces in the world can be humbled and humiliated by the resilience and complexity of the tiniest of nations, however chaotic or weak they may appear to be.

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Truth about Mobile Payments, BitCoins, BlockChain and Cryptocurrencies - future of digital payments and future of banking FinTech. Why Telcos AND Retail Banks face major challenges - FinTech Keynote Speaker

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I often give keynotes at banking conferences on mobile banking FinTech, digital payments - and BitCoins are often discussed.

For over two decades, many people have been trying to develop a digital alternative to physical bank notes – to pay for things online in a fast, easy, secure and totally anonymous, private way. Are BitCoins the answer?

Read more: Truth about Mobile Payments, BitCoins, BlockChain and Cryptocurrencies - future of digital payments and future of banking FinTech. Why Telcos AND Retail Banks face major challenges - FinTech Keynote Speaker